Marine Harvest Sees Business Improving
NORWAY - Marine Harvest ASA achieved an operational EBIT of NOK 625 million in the third quarter, compared to NOK 103 million in the corresponding quarter last year....

Norwegian Researcher Sheds Light on Winter Ulcer
NORWAY - Hege Smith Tunsjø has studied winter ulcer in salmon and rainbow trout, a costly disease to the Norwegian salmon and trout industries.

King of Norway Urged to Protect Canada's Salmon
TRONDHEIM, NORWAY - At Aqua Nor, a biannual international aquaculture trade show, the Pure Salmon Campaign will call upon King Harald of Norway to insist that Norwegian-owned...

Record Number of Smolts Transported in Norway
NORWAY - A fishing company has just completed the transfer of the largest quantity of living salmon between two northern zone countries.

No New Licences for Norwegian Salmon in 2010
NORWAY - The Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries recommends no new salmon licenses in 2010.

Geveran Trading Extends Interest in Marine Harvest
NORWAY - Geveran Trading has extended TRS agreements relating to 21 million shares in Marine Harvest ASA which had expiry 8 July 2009.

New Methods Monitor Health-related Loss in Salmon
NORWAY - Arnfinn Aunsmo showed in his doctorate that health-related loss in modern salmon farming may be systematically monitored and quantified, both in biological...

Pharmaq Reveals Norwegian Vaccine Sales
NORWAY - The production of S1 2009 ready for sea entry ended above 130 million.

Observations at Norwegian Fish Farms
NORWAY - There is a closed containment Atlantic salmon fish farm operating in Norway, just a little east of Bergen. And it is little surprise the developer/operator...

The Enzyme that Keeps Salmon Fresh
NORWAY - A bacteria-killing enzyme is helping salmon to keep itself fresh. A new Doctoral dissertation shows how this is possible, reports Nofima.

Pure Salmon Calls for Marine Harvest Eco Reform
OSLO, NORWAY - Members of the Pure Salmon Campaign coalition, a diverse group of stakeholders from key farmed salmon production and consumption nations including...

Future Looks Tasty for Norwegian Salmon Farmers
NORWAY - While the majority of Norwegian industries is battling turbulent times as a result of the global financial crisis, the Norwegian salmon farmers are reporting...

Nofima Tailor Roe for Specific Markets
NORWAY - Do you want to produce salmon with extra red fillet, which is sought-after on the Japanese market, or salmon with a particularly high resistance to disease...

The Changing Face of ISA
NORWAY - Infectious salmon anaemia (ISA) is one of the most economically-damaging diseases in Norwegian fish farming industry.

New Disease Poses Big Threat to Norwegian Farms
NORWAY - Ruth Torill Kongtorp established during her doctorate that a new disease called heart- and skeletal muscle inflammation (HSMI) is a serious infectious disease...

Marine Harvest Incur Losses of 2.8 Billion NOK
CHILE - Marine Harvest, the world's largest aquaculture company, suffered losses amassing to over 2.8 billion Kroner over the course of 2008. The company says that...

Low Salmon Growth with High Plant Protein Diet
NORWAY - In a feeding trial, farmed Atlantic salmon were given feed with a high content of plant protein. Only 15 per cent of the protein was marine protein. The...

Seafood Industry to Ride Stormy Seas of Recession
OSLO, NORWAY - A strong message of seafood resilience to the recession out of a packed two-day programme at the fourth annual North Atlantic Seafood Forum in Oslo,...

Study Sees Problems for Farmed Salmon Vaccines
NORWAY - A Norwegian study recently looked at the effects of vaccine-induced autoimmunity in farmed salmon and found that inherent problems may significantly effect...

Lerøy Seafood: Strong Results in Troubled Times
NORWAY - In the fourth quarter of 2008, Lerøy Seafood Group had a consolidated operating revenue of NOK 1,703 million as against NOK 1,591 million in the fourth...

An End to Cod Farming in Norwegian Fjord
NORWAY - The Norwegian Directorate for Fisheries has ruled that they will end cod-farming in the Trondheim fjord in case it jeopardises important wild salmon...

Feeding the Stem Cells to Influence Fish Growth
NORWAY - Research on the development of stem cells is producing valuable new knowledge. “We now know that we can influence the development and health of fish based...

AKVA Strike a Deal in Norway
NORWAY - AKVA group has signed a contract with Sundsfjord Smolt in Norway for delivery of piping, feed systems, underwater light systems and engineering of a large...

Marine Harvest Feels the Pinch
OSLO, NORWAY - Despite their claim to 'strong operational results' Marine Harvest have been negatively affected by recent currency woes.

NIFES: Feed Gives Salmon Special K
NORWAY - Factors such as nutrition, water temperature and rapid growth play a key role in bone development of Atlantic salmon.